Spinning Room Boys

“Spinning Room Boys, Salem, Mass.” — Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1911, National Archives. The title is mine — in the National Archives site, this is identified as “The very smallest boy is Henry Fournier, has worked 2 months in spinning room. The next in size is Adelard Gagnon, works in spinning room. Adelard Dion, works in spinning room. Smallest in back row is Albert Valbert. Salem, Mass., 10/25/1911”

Lewis Hine Project — Joe Manning of Florence, Massachusetts, has been tracking down the stories and the descendants of some of the children photographed by Lewis Hine